Originally Posted by wcb22

no it does not jeopardize your chances for residency, and licensure too one day. This is something to keep in mind... when you do rotations INSIDE the US, you should make sure they are what they call "green book" or in other words, listed in the ACGME catalog as a teaching hospital for whatever rotation you are doing. When you are outside the US, in England, or Mexico, they do not evaluate the rotation, because there is no authority to do so. There are some good Mexico rotations, and some not so good. If you speak spanish, more power to you. Doing some rotations in Mexico was a good chance for me to keep up on the spanish, because it needs brushing up. Some docs speak english just fine, some have a tuff time with it. But most importantly, 95% of the patients speak spanish, so you should also. Don't feel bad if you don't speak spanish, just realize that you won't get as much out of the rotation, and try to get to the US or UK as soon as you can. My last rotation in Mexico I was on call 2 days/week, and worked pretty hard at it (OBGYN), did 400+ colposcopies, assisted in surgery, etc. Some are not this way. The US rotations are better structured, and you will get more out of them, so do as much in the US as you can.

The UK rotations are very good, but they are also expensive. If $$$ is of no concern for you, go to the UK or US. The US considers these UK rotations just as good as US rotations, and you don't have to worry about them being green book or not, it doesn't matter.